What reason could there be for this awful thing happening? My dad, whose fault this whole thing is, says, “You can’t always see God’s plan.” I want to tell him that maybe he shouldn’t leave everything up to God and that hoping against hope is not a life strategy, but that would mean I would have to talk to him, and I don’t want to talk to him.
People say these things to make sense of the world. Secretly, in their heart of hearts, almost everyone believes that there’s some meaning, some willfulness to life. Fairness. Basic decency. Good things happen to good people. Bad things only happen to bad people.
No one wants to believe that life is random. My dad says he doesn’t know where my cynicism comes from, but I’m not a cynic. I am a realist. It’s better to see life as it is, not as you wish it to be. Things don’t happen for a reason. They just happen.
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I’ve watched Mikey. I watched people in school. I watched everyone at Creeley. I’ve been watching the people here, and it seems like for some people, making friends is like finding a shirt or a hat: you just figure out what color you want, see if it fits, and then take it home and hope everyone likes it and you. But it’s never been like that for me. I’ve been on the outside ever since I was little, getting angry in school and picked on. Once all that happened, I was damaged goods. There wasn’t going to be any way back in, not until Ellis, and we kept to ourselves. I say the wrong thing, if I can bring myself to say anything at all. I’ve always felt like an intrusion, a giant blob of wrong. My mother was always telling me to keep quiet, not be a bother. “Nobody’s interested, Charlotte,” she’d say.
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There is always hope!
"Don't be so gloomy! The Sun is shining!"
"Bu kadar karamsar olma! Güneş parlıyor!"
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"Hallowed are the Ori"
"The Book of Origins. Blessed are the Ori." What is written on the cover of the Book of Origin.
"Truth is the beginning of the Path."
"Blessed are those that deliver us from evil."
"Hallowed are those who walk in unison."
"Sanctus Ori." Translation:
The Seductive Characters
1-The Siren:
A man is often secretly oppressed by the role he has to play—by always having to be responsible, in control, and rational. The Siren is the ultimate male fantasy figure because she offers a total release from the limitations of his life. In her presence, which is always heightened and sexually charged,
Since humans are naturally obstinate and willful creatures, and prone to suspicions of people's motives, it is only natural, in the course of any seduction, that in some ways your target will resist you. Seductions, then, are rarely easy or without setbacks. But once your victims overcome some of their doubts, and begin to fall under your spell,
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